Dorset Police’s No Excuse team are out across the county to tackle dangerous and inconsiderate driving.

The team uses a combination of enforcement and education to tackle the ‘fatal five’: drink and drug driving, excessive and inappropriate speed, not wearing a seatbelt, driver distractions such as hand-held mobile phone and careless driving.

The No Excuse team will deploy to collision and casualty sites with visits to speed complaint and community concern sites as resources allow as per the dates below. The team will deal with any offences detected while travelling to those locations and will move to additional areas if deemed to be of operational necessity.

A spokesman for Dorset Police said: “The effects of serious road traffic collisions are far reaching for all involved – the victims, their families, witnesses and also members of the emergency services, who deal with the aftermath of the collision and have to impart terrible news to the families of those involved.

“Dorset Police is committed to challenging dangerous behaviour on our roads and investing money directly from enforcement back into this important area of policing to save lives.”

The team operates 24-hours a day seven days a week – and so they could be anywhere at any time.